Local — Week of May 12

•The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a workshop for restaurant owners, “Hope & Facebook is Not a Strategy for Your Restaurant Business: Four Simple Steps to Sizzle,” at 4 p.m. at the chamber, 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester. The seminar will feature local experts with industry know-how in restaurant management, the Internet and social and mobile marketing strategies.

•The North Central Networking group will meet from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 150 Royal Plaza Drive, Fitchburg.

•The Marlboro Regional Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Speakers Breakfast, featuring Dave Caruso, founding chairman and managing partner of Coastal Capital Group in Danvers, will be held from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. at the Marlborough Courtyard by Marriott, 75 Felton St, Marlboro. The cost is $25. Reservations are required. To register, call (508) 485-7746, fax (508) 481-1819 or go to marlboroughchamber.org.

•The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Referral Network will meet from 8 to 9:15 a.m. at the chamber office, 100 Sherman Ave., Devens. For more information, go to nvcoc.com/referralnetwork.shtml.

•The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and Cbeyond will hold a free breakfast meeting on cloud computing from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Eric's LaPatisserie on the fourth floor of 446 Main St., Worcester. Cbeyond, based in Massachusetts, partners with Microsoft, Cisco and EMC to provide cloud computing services. To register, contact the chamber.

•The North Central Chamber of Commerce's CEO Roundtable will meet at noon at the chamber office, 860 South St., Fitchburg.

•The Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce will hold an event, “Business Forward Females,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Marriott Courtyard Marlboro, 75 Felton St., Marlboro. Registration is at 11:45 a.m. The cost is $20 for pre-registered chamber members, $30 for nonmembers.

•The Holden Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours networking event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Fitness Concepts Health Club, 1097 Main St., Holden. Fitness Concepts and Ramsey Rehab will co-sponsor and host the event, which will include networking, door prizes and hors d'oeuvres by Val's Restaurant. The cost is $15. To register, contact the chamber at (508) 829-9220, info@holdenareachamber.org, or go to holdenareachamber.org.

•The Venture Forum at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will present “Market, Sell or Perish” at 5:30 p.m. at the WPI Campus Center, third floor, Worcester. The keynote speakers will be Scott Brazina, chief marketing officer at DataXu, and Dave Kurlan, a best-selling author and entrepreneur. Dan Adams, CEO of New England Network Solutions, will present a case study to a panel of experts for their input and guidance. For more information go to theventureforum.org.

•The Communicators Club will hold its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Assumption College's Hagen Center Hall, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester. The speaker will be Nacie Carson, the author of “The Finch Effect,” which explores the evolution of 21st-century entrepreneurship. The cost is $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers. To register, contact register@communicatorsclub.org or go to communicatorsclub.org.

•WEST — Advancing Women in the Business of Science and Technology will hold a workshop, “Leadership Strategies for Advancing Your Career in Science,” from 6 to 9 p.m. at University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South St., fourth floor amphitheater, Shrewsbury. Sandra Glucksmann, the WEST board chairwoman and senior vice president of Research and Development at Cerulean Pharma, will share some of her career challenges and success. The cost is $40 for members, $60 for nonmember.

•The Webster-Dudley-Oxford Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours event sponsored by Webster First Federal Credit Union from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Talk of the Town, 595 South Main St., Webster. The cost is $10 for chamber members, $15 for nonmember and at the door. Webster First will raffle off a Kindle Fire and a Scratch Ticket House.

•The Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Inc. will meet at 7 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 41 Whitmarsh Ave., Worcester. The speaker will be Polly Kimmitt, director of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. The cost is $3 for nonmembers. For more information, call Nancy Schultzberg at (774) 573-9529.

•The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce offers free small business counseling with Michael Holbrook of the Clark University Small Business Development Center every other Wednesday at the chamber office, 100 Sherman Ave., Devens. The counseling is by appointment only. Contact the chamber at (978) 772-6976.

•The Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking and awards breakfast from 7:15 to 9 a.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive, Westboro. The cost is $29 for pre-registered members, $34 at the door, $50 for nonmembers.

•The North Central Chamber of Commerce's Human Resource Council will meet from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the chamber office, 860 South St., Fitchburg. The cost is $25 for members, $40 for nonmembers.

•The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Groton Branch of North Middlesex Savings Bank, 489 Main St., Groton.

•The monthly dinner meeting of the Appleseed Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will be held at 5:45 p.m. at the Chapman Place Condo Meeting Hall, 20 Chapman Place, Leominster. For more information, contact Amy Ives at iaapappleseed.msn.com.

•The Marlboro Regional Chamber of Commerce's Rising Young Professionals group will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lazer Zone, 416 Boston Post Road East, Marlboro. The cost is $15 for the complete evening of food and lazer tag, $4 for food only. The game will start at approximately 6:30 p.m., and pre-registration is required. Non-players will be meeting in the back private room. The game will last approximately 60 minutes. To register, call the chamber at (508) 485-7746 or email marlcham@marlboroughchamber.org.

•Employment Options, a nonprofit agency serving the MetroWest region that helps people who have experienced economic disadvantages, will hold its annual fundraiser roast for sports radio's Mikey Adams at 6 p.m. at the Best Western Royal Plaza in Marlboro. The cost is $50, which includes a buffet dinner. The event will include Bill “The Spaceman” Lee, radio personality Glenn Ordway and actor John Fiore from “The Sopranos.” Purchase tickets at employmentoptions.org.

•The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's Connect for Success group will hold an open house from 7:15 to 9 a.m. at the chamber, 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester. The speaker will be City Councilor George Russell, who will provide an update on economic development activity in Worcester.

•The Marlboro Regional Chamber of Commerce's Business Connections: Professional Development Series will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the MRCC Conference Room, 11 Florence St., Marlboro. The cost is $15. Reservations are requested. To register, call the chamber at (508) 485-7746 or email marlcham@marlboroughchamber.org.

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